CFA's Top Cats for the 2013-14 Show Season

May 5, 2014

The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) is proud to announce its best cats in the Championship, Kitten and Premiership competitive classes for the 2013-2014 show season.

CFA Cat of the Year

CFA’s Cat of the Year is GC, BW, NW Belamy's Desiderata of Cinema ("Desi"), a Calico Female Persian born on June 24, 2012. Desi’s breeder is Monika Vowe of Leverkusen, Germany. Her owners are Connie Stewart of Temple City, California and Blake Mayes and Dennis Adler of Boise, Idaho. Desi also took the highest honors at the Best-of-the-Best competition at the CFA-Dr. Elsey’s Precious Cat Litter World Championship Cat Show in Novi, Michigan this past November. The Championship competition is for unaltered pedigreed cats over the age of eight months.

The Kitten of the Year is GC, NW Dotdotdot Bornintheusa of Wild Rain ("Uncle Sam"), a Chocolate Spotted Male Ocicat, born on March 25, 2014. Breeders/Owners are Roger & Nancy Brown of Elkhorn, Nebraska & David and Carol Freels of Pleasant Grove, California. Uncle Sam was named second runner up in the Best-of-the Best competition at the CFA-Dr. Elsey’s Precious Cat Litter World Championship Cat Show. The Kitten competition is for unaltered or altered, pedigreed kittens between the ages of four and eight months.

The Premiership Cat of the Year is GP, NW Sandesox Justsweetness of Whitesox ("Tommy"), a Blue Point Birman Neuter born on August 17, 2012. Tommy’s breeders are Karen Lane & Sandy Faust. He is owned by Karen Lane of Delray Beach, FL, Sandy Faust of Antioch, Illinois & Yvonne Griffin of Casselbarry, Florida. Tommy is the first Birman ever to receive the title of CFA's Premiership Cat of the Year. Tommy was the third runner up in the Best-of- the Best competition at the CFA-Dr. Elsey’s Precious Cat Litter World Championship Cat Show. The Premiership competition is for altered pedigreed cats over the age of eight months.

These cats will be recognized along with the top 24 other cats in each of the categories and the top 3 winners in each breed, at CFA’s Annual Banquet and Awards Dinner on Saturday, June 28, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

To learn more about the Cat Fanciers’ Association, the pedigreed breeds of cats, or to find the nearest CFA cat show, visit the web site at www.cfa.org

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